Emmanuel Eboue Profile

The young right-back has been a revelation this season for Arsenal, performing superbly as a replacement for the injured Lauren.

Physically strong, quick and composed and technically-assured, he is both a redoubtable defender and good on the overlap, he can also play in central defence and as a midfield marker.

With ASEC Abidjan and Beveren in Belgium before joining Arsenal in January 2005. Eboue made his international debut in a World Cup qualifier against Sudan last season and is a good tip to be a star of Germany 2006.